U+A7BE "Ꞿ" Latin Capital Letter Glottal U Unicode Character

U+A7BE "Ꞿ" Latin Capital Letter Glottal U is a relatively recent addition to the Latin script, introduced in Unicode version 14.0 in 2021, and represents a vowel sound with a glottal stop or creaky voice quality, specifically used in certain phonetic notations and orthographies for African languages such as Dogon and some Nilo-Saharan languages. Its design resembles a standard capital U with a small tail or hook attached to the right side of the letter, distinguishing it from a regular U and indicating its unique phonetic value. This character supports efforts to accurately transcribe and preserve linguistic diversity, particularly for languages where the glottal U is a distinct phoneme, and it is often paired with its lowercase counterpart (U+A7BF "ꞿ") for consistent representation in written texts.